At Patterns, Skins and Stitch: Three Days of Free-Motion Fun with Paula Kovarik

3-Day Workshop with Paula Kovarik

Wednesday-Friday, October 28-30, 2026, 9am-4-pm

Want to escape from those ho-hum stitch patterns you always use? We’re going to spend three days stitching for fun. The end result? a beast to join a parade.

Imagination, clairvoyance and experimentation are all in the mix. We’ll play with patterns and scribble new textures. Our focus will be on loosening up, finding our sense of humor and playing the fool.

Nervous about free-motion? Just roll with it! There are no mistakes, we all have our bad hair days. Back in the 90s we teased our hair on purpose. The results? High fashion. Take that as a guiding principle.

I can’t wait to play with you.

Skills Level: All

Non-Members $390 / Members $380

Paula Kovarik creates art with stitch and fabric. Her intuitive line work travels the surface of her work as if a meditation has become solid. Inward thoughts become outwardly apparent through slow and studied attention to detail.

 Kovarik’s award-winning fiber art has been recognized by Quilt National, Quilts=Art=Quilts, World of Threads, and FiberArt Now Excellence in Fibers exhibitions among others. She has been profiled in American Craft and FiberArt Now magazines. Her work is featured in Art Quilts Unfolding – 50 Years of Innovation and Art Quilts International Abstract & Geometric.  Kovarik shares her ideas and techniques in workshops and in her book, At Play in the Garden of Stitch. Her work has been collected by the International Quilt Museum in Lincoln, NE and the International Airport in Memphis, TN as well as several private collections. Kovarik lives and works in Memphis, TN.

 Learn more about Paula at her website: Paulakovarik.com

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